Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his engagement with us. The committee has been working in recent months on formulating a raft of proposals that will help address road safety in the country. It is encouraging to see a Minister being so proactive and enthusiastic about this measure. The committee's job is to ensure that what we are doing as an Oireachtas is evidence based and will be effective. That is the basis for my questions. We have the 2008 to 2012 statistics, as compiled by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, in reference to alcohol-related accidents, although they may not be the best ones to mention given that there was a change in the law in the final two years and ten months of that reference period from the end of October 2010 to the end of 2012. With respect to the fatalities caused by 16 drivers who were found to have a blood alcohol reading in the 51 mg to 80 mg range, which averages three out of the 215 per annum over that five year period, how many of them were specified drivers in terms of the 20 mg maximum limit for the final two years and ten months of that reference period? Does the Minister have that information?